[UK] [Commentary]Prison Service Policy on Trans Prisoners is to have no policyI feel another letter to a minister coming on.People are probably aware of the Sonia/Nina case, which I’ve blogged about previously but to summarise, a Trans woman was inexplicably put in a male prison. Following that incident, I submitted a Freedom of Information request asking about Prison Service Policy on the matter.

[India]Indian IT drafts policy for gays, transgenderSome Indian companies have opened doors to target the lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender (LGBT) community. Going ahead, the companies are holding manager and employee sensitisation programmes to avoid discrimination at the workplace. This is being considered a welcome gesture to the community as well as to boost diversity.

[India]More arrests soon in eunuch murder case, say copsThe Parksite police believe it will soon get hold of more people involved in the alleged killing of 55-year-old Shabbir Mohammed Ansar, alias Gopiamma, president of the All-India Association of Eunuchs. On Sunday, cops arrested Ravi Padmanaban Reddy (49), alias Ashaamma, who is one of the suspects in the alleged killing of Gopiamma.

[Australia] [Commentary]One size does not fit allSaturday, November 20 was the 11th Transgender Day of Remembrance. It was the day on which transgendered people remember those who have died violently in the previous year, victims of hate crimes against those who are gender diverse, or those that are assumed to be.

[Canada] [Commentary]Michelle Rayner's College Classmates Won't Let Trans Students Pee In PeaceMichelle Rayner, a FTM transgender student at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada, says that on "countless occasions I have been carded in public washrooms, pushed around at work, spit on, and labeled a freak, disgusting and morally void." But I can't imagine any of that "prepares" someone for being assaulted in a campus bathroom.

[Canada]Trans Day of Remembrance youth activists not chargedTwo activists arrested on The Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR) on Nov 20, for staging a banner-unfurling protest near the Elgin St. police station were not charged says Cst. Katherine Larouche, media spokesperson for Ottawa Police Services.

[USA]Transgender ban goes to a voteThe change facing LPGA Tour players in a precedent-setting vote Tuesday is monumental, by historical standards. Their reaction to it is, well, rather indifferent.On Tuesday, the LPGA will ask its female golfers to vote on a constitutional amendment that would strike down a decades-old requirement that players be “female at birth” to allow transgendered women into the game.Lana Lawless' suit puts gender in sports in spotlight again

[USA] [Commentary]After Facebook, Diaspora Has a New Target: "Male" and "Female"Diaspora, the potentially great next-generation social networking site currently under development, made one important change a couple of weeks ago in a line of code. It impacts millions and millions of potential users throughout the world, many of whom are current users of a social networking site that alienates them, relegates them to a subperson with a subgender. That site would be Facebook and those users are the masses of transgendered people in the world that don’t fall into Facebook’s two profile options of “male” and “female.”

[USA] [Commentary]Trans Model Lea T. Makes Oprah's Cut Off ListWhile entrepreneurs and would-be television stars clamor to be one of Oprah's last guests before her show wraps up in May, the reigning queen of daytime has bestowed the honor not on some hack self-help author or at-home candle maker. But on transgender Givenchy muse and model Lea. T.

[USA] [Commentary]GetEQUAL Responds To Local Trans Activist On DADTA few weeks ago, local transgender activist, mother and former service member Brianne Blanchard sent PRIDEinUtah a letter asking GetEQUAL what, if anything, they are planning on doing for trans people who want to serve. GetEQUAL has responded, see their letter below!

[USA] [Commentary]My Words from Baton Rouge's Transgender Day of RemembranceI had the privilege to be the lead organizer of this years Transgender Day of Remembrance in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This was my first time organizing a day of remembrance and my first time speaking at the event. There were other speakers, but events in the Louisiana Community compelled me to say a few words. Enough time has passed that I would like to share what I wrote and read with the Bilerico community.